Email Lists part three – Ways to get Subscribers
Part three of a small series of posts about email lists and subscribers. You can read part one here and part two here Email lists are very important but they are not a one-size fits all type of venture. Blog followers are pretty savvy when it comes to all the tried and true tricks to get them to give you their email address. They usually give a fake address or they decide to unsubscribe immediately after they subscribe. Why do they do this? Well, because they have been burned before by marketers who were pushy and obnoxious. They ruined it
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Email LISTS: What are they good for?
Used to be all the rage was social media and how it was a built in audience. But then, we quickly learned that connections on social media can be fleeting and even non-existent to those we connect with. Unless you go that extra mile to make that connection into a relationship, you probably will not go far with it. So how do you turn a connection into a relationship? BUILD AN EMAIL LIST Today I am going to ask you to start one, help me build mine, and some pointers on building one. START TODAY! Yes, you heard me. If
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Writer Groupie Episode 20 Interview with Kim Huther, proofreader
Kim Huther is the owner and operator of Wordsmith Proofreading Service. She does proofreading, and copy editing for writers of all creation. Kim inspires authors to achieve greater heights with their work by her most excellent ability to turn words into art. I am excited to have her on Writer Groupie Podcast. In this episode, we discuss her business and how she can help writers with their work. ————– AUDIO ONLY ————– SHOW NOTES: What does a proofreader/copy editor do What sorts of things have you seen in this business? Why this is her dream job Why she got into
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Fighting the Monday blahs
Mondays, blah. Who needs ’em? My dearly departed mother used to say, she hated Mondays. I didn’t get it until recently. For some reason I do, too. I find myself feeling the dislike building on Sunday night. On Monday morning, upon rising, I am besotted with Monday blahs. Maybe it’s because I know there is a never-ending pile of work to be done at the evil day job. Anticipating work is never a happy thought. It could be because (like every worker bee in the world) being chained to a job doing something that makes money for another entity (and
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Sunday, game day
Have you ever been sitting at a restaurant and decided to be a real observer? Watched the people closest to you, eavesdropped on their conversation? I have. And I do, on occasion, as a writing exercise. (I don’t think it’s illegal, especially when I do not interact with them, know them, or any of that). I certainly do not use any of their conversation or information in a derogatory manner. (be forewarned, authors do eavesdrop!) Today, I’m visiting my favorite eating/coffee drinking/thinking place. It’s pretty crowded as usual thanks to a hungry after-church crowd. To me, a forty-hour-a-week worker bee,
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